To be fair, I went to a huge Trek convention a couple of months before ST4's release and everyone there was pretty on board with it.
A better example of something that a lot of Trek fans from the same timeframe were opposed to was TNG.
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A better example of something that a lot of Trek fans from the same timeframe were opposed to was TNG.
Yep - I remember back then the rumors swirling around about the next Trek movie doing something about wales (with Eddie Murphy, no less) and me thinking 
It was a mixed bag back then, but I think there was just simply general excitement about a new Trek project was more prevalent overall.
TNG's arrival was pretty much the same, IIRC. You would always have your detractors, saying the only true Trek movie was TMP or TWOK, just as you would have the party faithful who felt the only true Trek series was TOS and there was no room for anything new or innovative. They will always be the ridiculously vocal minority. The empty can rattles the loudest, as it were.
But yeah, this was all before the internet. Now? It would definitely be like ice-skating up-hill all the way to the summit.
It was a mixed bag back then, but I think there was just simply general excitement about a new Trek project was more prevalent overall.
TNG's arrival was pretty much the same, IIRC. You would always have your detractors, saying the only true Trek movie was TMP or TWOK, just as you would have the party faithful who felt the only true Trek series was TOS and there was no room for anything new or innovative. They will always be the ridiculously vocal minority. The empty can rattles the loudest, as it were.
But yeah, this was all before the internet. Now? It would definitely be like ice-skating up-hill all the way to the summit.
"In the Federation's darkest hour, Benjamin Sisko returns!"
That was going to be my question. I don't know what even Behr and Moore could come up with that would do the show justice in two hours.
The most obvious thing is Sisko returning, as he promised Kasidy. But it's been 25 years now! Wouldn't missing his child's entire upbringing make him the epitome of the 'deadbeat dad' of which he was always designed to the exact opposite?
Better to leave it alone, and assume he came back a few weeks later to help Kas change the diapers. I don't think there's anything in canon that rules out him living a happy, quiet life on Bajor.
I don't see anything with Sisko ever happening, since Avery Brooks has gone on record (several times) that he has no intention of coming out of retirement to reprise the role. He's too busy enjoying jazz. 
Now, if they blow their whole VFX budget and have an AI build a robo-Sisko replicant, to do both voice and visuals, with Brooks' blessings (still a tall order, I suspect), I suppose it's remotely possible. There are a lot of "what if's" with that scenario, though. I also suspect that Brooks would have "first right of refusal" on the script if they actually decided to take that route. Regardless if he wanted to play Sisko again or not I'm thinking he wouldn't want any kind of character assassination written into the show/movie that he would disapprove of.
Now, if they blow their whole VFX budget and have an AI build a robo-Sisko replicant, to do both voice and visuals, with Brooks' blessings (still a tall order, I suspect), I suppose it's remotely possible. There are a lot of "what if's" with that scenario, though. I also suspect that Brooks would have "first right of refusal" on the script if they actually decided to take that route. Regardless if he wanted to play Sisko again or not I'm thinking he wouldn't want any kind of character assassination written into the show/movie that he would disapprove of.
Such a show would run the risk of being too far separated from DS9. Could be good, don't get me wrong, but might as well start with a clean slate then.
Guys, I was being facetious. I am under no illusions that Paramount will ever make a DS9 film, nor do I think it’s in their best interest to do so, nor would I even know what it would be about. I was just making a comment about the unpopular subject matter of each film that they keep proposing.
I don't think they'd get Nana Visitor on board if Kira were a vedek. She was very vocal in her disapproval when she heard that's what happened to the character in the novels.
I tend to agree with her.
Btw, her last canon appearance was in lower decks in the early 2380s and she was still a colonel and commanding the station then.
Her roughhousing and reminiscing with Shaxs was entertaining to watch.
I'd honestly prefer it if the franchise just leaves the story of DS9 be. It told the tale it intended, it had a definitive ending. I don't think any sort of direct continuation would ever be satisfying, even if Ira got the DS9 writers back together.
And besides... there's too many of the cast gone now.
RDM and some Trek writer alums pitched/brainstormed an idea of a theoretical Season 8 at the end of the "What We Left Behind" documentary. Here's the synopsis from FB:
And, of course, this was all done right before Aron Eisenberg passed.
As a huge fan of DS9, that story idea sounds like the opposite of incredible to me.
"Somehow, Ben Sisko has returned!"
Unless he took them with him at a later date, somehow.
